NYY @ TBR, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 19-20, 4th, 4 GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Chien-Ming Wang (28, RHP, 6-1, 3.12) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (6-1) 52 43 18 18 16 36 1 3.12 2007 (19-7) 199.1 199 84 82 59 104 9 3.70 2006 (19-6) 218 233 92 88 52 76 12 3.63 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 5-1 45 37 16 16 14 34 1 3.20 57 2008-05-07 CLE L 7 5 3 3 3 4 0 99 56 2008-05-02 SEA W 6 3 1 1 2 5 0 90 65 2008-04-27 @CLE W 7 4 0 0 2 9 0 113 76 2008-04-22 @CHW W 6 10 3 3 2 5 0 105 43 2008-04-16 BOS ND 4 9 8 8 3 2 0 69 11 2008-04-11 @BOS W 9 2 1 1 0 3 1 93 82 2008-04-06 TBR W 6 4 0 0 2 6 0 96 68 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TBR Has never faced TBR.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 9-9 Road: 10-11 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 15-14 vsLHP: 4-6 1-Run: 4-4 vsEast: 9-9 vsCntrl: 7-11 vsWest: 3-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 39 Mon, May 12 @TBR L 1-7 19-20 4th 4.0 gb 38 Sat, May 10 @DET W 5-2 19-19 4th 4.5 gb 37 Fri, May 9 @DET L 5-6 18-19 4th 4.5 gb 36 Thu, May 8 CLE W 6-3 18-18 3rd 4.5 gb 35 Wed, May 7 CLE L 0-3 17-18 3rd 4.5 gb 34 Tue, May 6 CLE L 3-5 17-17 3rd 4.5 gb 33 Sun, May 4 SEA W 8-2 17-16 2nd 3.0 gb 32 Sat, May 3 SEA W 6-1 16-16 4th 3.0 gb 31 Fri, May 2 SEA W 5-1 15-16 4th 3.0 gb 30 Thu, May 1 DET L 4-8 14-16 4th 3.0 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:15-15
Tampa Bay Rays, 22-16, 2nd, ½ GB, tied for WC	SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 2-3, 4.04) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-3) 42.1 38 19 19 20 29 3 4.04 2007 (5-15) 161 195 116 103 88 128 19 5.76 2006 (0-0) 36.1 42 27 22 25 27 2 5.45 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 42.1 38 19 19 20 29 3 4.04 52 2008-05-08 @TOR ND 8 6 0 0 1 3 0 112 72 2008-05-02 @BOS L 4 9 6 6 3 4 1 87 21 2008-04-26 BOS ND 7 5 1 1 3 4 0 108 64 2008-04-20 CHW L 4.1 7 6 6 3 4 1 90 26 2008-04-15 NYY L 5 4 5 5 4 4 1 91 39 2008-04-10 SEA W 8 2 0 0 4 6 0 99 80 2008-04-05 @NYY W 6 5 1 1 2 4 0 102 60 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 2-2 26.1 24 17 16 17 20 3 5.47 46 2008-04-15 NYY L 5 4 5 5 4 4 1 91 39 2008-04-05 @NYY W 6 5 1 1 2 4 0 102 60 2007-09-01 @NYY L 3.1 5 7 6 5 2 1 83 21 2007-07-20 @NYY W 6 4 0 0 4 4 0 98 64 2007-07-15 NYY ND 6 6 4 4 2 6 1 111 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 14-7 Road: 8-9 ExtrInn: 2-0 vsRHP: 16-10 vsLHP: 6-6 1-Run: 3-4 vsEast: 16-11 vsCntrl: 2-3 vsWest: 4-2 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 38 Mon, May 12 NYY W 7-1 22-16 2nd 0.5 gb 37 Sun, May 11 LAA W 8-5 21-16 2nd 1.5 gb 36 Sat, May 10 LAA W 2-0 20-16 2nd 2.5 gb 35 Fri, May 9 LAA W 2-0 19-16 2nd 2.5 gb 34 Thu, May 8 @TOR W 8-3 (13) 18-16 2nd 3.5 gb 33 Wed, May 7 @TOR L 2-6 17-16 2nd 3.5 gb 32 Tue, May 6 @TOR W 5-4 17-15 2nd 3.5 gb 31 Sun, May 4 @BOS L 3-7 16-15 2nd 3.0 gb 30 Sat, May 3 @BOS L 4-12 16-14 2nd 2.0 gb 29 Fri, May 2 @BOS L 3-7 16-13 2nd 1.0 gb Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:19-11
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, May 12, 2008 TBR 7 NYY 1 W:Matt Garza (2-1), L: Andy Pettitte (3-4), S: none Tue, Apr 15, 2008 NYY 5 @TBR 3 W:Andy Pettitte (2-1), L: Edwin Jackson (2-1), S: Mariano Rivera (5) Mon, Apr 14, 2008 NYY 8 @TBR 7 W:Brian Bruney (1-0), L: Al Reyes (1-2), S: Mariano Rivera (4) Mon, Apr 07, 2008 NYY 6 TBR 1 W:Mike Mussina (1-1), L: Jason Hammel (0-1), S: none Sun, Apr 06, 2008 NYY 2 TBR 0 W:Chien-Ming Wang (2-0), L: James Shields (1-1), S: Mariano Rivera (3) Sat, Apr 05, 2008 TBR 6 @NYY 3 W:Edwin Jackson (1-0), L: Andy Pettitte (0-1), S: Troy Percival (1) Fri, Apr 04, 2008 TBR 13 @NYY 4 W:Andy Sonnanstine (1-0), L: Ian Kennedy (0-1), S: none Thu, Sep 27, 2007 NYY 3 @TBD 1 W:Philip Hughes (5-3), L: Jon Switzer (0-2), S: Jose Veras (1) Wed, Sep 26, 2007 NYY 12 @TBD 4 W:Chien-Ming Wang (19-7), L: J.P. Howell (1-6), S: none Tue, Sep 25, 2007 TBD 7 NYY 6 (10) W:Gary Glover (6-5), L: Jeff Karstens (1-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 4-3; 2007 - NYY won 10-8; 2006 - NYY won 13-5; All-Time - NYY leads 115-58

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2008 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

CHC 5.87

CHW 4.61

SDP 3.36

RA/G

CLE 3.71

MIN 4.49

TEX 5.58

D. Pedroia .304

OBP

D. Pedroia .342

SLG

D. Pedroia .404

OPS

D. Pedroia .746

ERA

C. Lee .67

J. Lester 4.06

B. Arroyo 7.14

K/9IP

C. Billingsley 11.16

S. Chacon 6.18

J. Garland 2.07

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New York Yankees Batters (4.31 RS/G) vs. Tampa Bay Rays Pitchers (4.11 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 36.Jackson
G/S/vB 27.Dohmann
G/S/vB 47.Glover
G/S/vB 49.Hammel
G/S/vB 39.Howell*
G/S/vB 57.Miller*
G/S/vB 40.Percival
G/S/vB 35.Wheeler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 16/.327 6/.750 7/1.229 15/1.600 11/.495 3/1.167 2/.000 5/2.800 161/117 .295/.360/.438/.799 .699/.838 .598 106/.810 2/3 4/

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 10/.666 5/.800 8/.393 11/.573 9/.555 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 142/99 .270/.333/.452/.786 .750/.801 .758 99/.768 3/0 6/

24.Cano* G/S/vP 15/.650 6/1.917 3/.000 12/.795 13/.846 6/.167 ··· 1/2.000 148/111 .188/.243/.312/.555 .668/.518 .535 93/.602 0/2 4/

18.Damon* G/S/vP 14/.214 5/.900 16/.450 12/.955 8/.542 15/1.217 19/.474 4/.500 157/113 .274/.361/.496/.858 .754/.897 .940 99/.941 5/2 5/

17.Duncan G/S/vP 4/.500 4/.250 1/.000 1/.000 3/1.667 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 36/11 .194/.306/.258/.564 .693/.282 .258 31/.592 0/0 0/

11.Ensberg G/S/vP 3/.333 5/1.200 1/.000 2/.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 2/1.000 66/39 .222/.258/.270/.527 .459/.572 .623 53/.406 0/1 1/

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 7/.143 2/.500 8/1.792 3/1.334 4/.000 15/.658 7/.143 8/3.083 123/89 .177/.333/.458/.792 .673/.833 .919 86/.849 1/1 7/

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 34/26 .310/.375/.379/.754 .571/.809 .895 14/.571 0/0 0/

2.Jeter G/S/vP 16/1.115 3/1.167 10/1.822 12/.583 14/1.065 3/1.167 14/.368 9/.347 146/103 .309/.345/.397/.742 .685/.765 .782 115/.786 0/1 1/

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 15/.971 5/.800 5/.600 13/1.021 11/1.091 15/.641 6/.333 4/.500 149/107 .323/.409/.462/.871 .602/.988 .806 98/.869 0/0 4/

19.Moeller G/S/vP 2/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 3/.000 38/29 .265/.342/.412/.754 .583/.806 .837 34/.786 0/0 1/

26.Molina G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 7/.929 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 73/51 .214/.233/.329/.561 .279/.683 .615 40/.233 0/0 0/

IP 42.1 14.2 11.2 30.1 25.0 11.1 14.0 20.0 TOTAL .263/.330/.417/.747 .635/.793 .752 .751 12/10 39/21

ERA-K/9

4.04/6.2

6.14/7.3

2.31/3.8

5.04/4.8

2.88/7.6

4.76/8.8

1.93/8.4

1.35/5.4

3.82/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (8-2-0)
Molina (19-11-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 178/.241 66/.310 52/.214 137/.287 103/.211 50/.233 50/.122 77/.145 .244 Abreu
Cabrera
Matsui
Duncan
Damon 0/0/37/4
0/37/0/1
12/0/3/1
0/0/2/0
29/4/0/0

OPS .687 .862 .615 .819 .572 .642 .364 .496 .682

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 84/.841 26/.724 24/.514 71/1.012 34/.445 25/.518 29/.246 31/.309 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 94/.554 40/.954 28/.690 66/.613 69/.632 25/.764 21/.524 46/.611 .663

Home 99/.641 35/.619 47/.689 53/.702 48/.629 28/.298 34/.179 33/.484 .612

Last 28d days 123/.815 35/1.049 28/.643 83/.853 77/.536 30/.625 38/.482 55/.585

HR/SB/CS 3/3/1 2/4/0 0/0/0 3/5/0 1/1/0 0/0/0 1/2/0 2/0/0 26/26/6

Usage ····X··· ·····o·· X······· ·····X·· ·X··X··· o·o··X·· ·Xo·X·o· ··X·X·X·

Tampa Bay Rays Batters (4.68 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.38 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 40.Wang
G/S/vB 38.Britton
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 36.Ramirez
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 41.Veras
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

8.Bartlett G/S/vP 5/.200 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 1/.000 136/97 .248/.276/.295/.571 .895/.437 .501 91/.644 4/2 0/

13.Crawford* G/S/vP 36/.833 3/1.167 1/.000 8/1.000 9/.583 1/.000 1/no AB 14/.693 3/.666 175/117 .288/.320/.399/.719 .697/.730 .854 115/.819 12/2 3/

15.Floyd* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 14/.857 2/2.500 ··· ··· 6/.500 ··· 21/21 .368/.429/.737/1.165 /1.165 1.000 4/1.000 0/0 2/

31.Gomes G/S/vP 27/.382 3/.000 ··· 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 2/.500 9/.889 2/.000 83/43 .225/.325/.423/.748 .757/.738 .709 53/.637 4/1 3/

26.Gross* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 101/96 .207/.337/.329/.666 .000/.705 .712 81/.745 2/0 2/

32.Hinske* G/S/vP 29/1.335 1/.000 3/1.000 3/.000 5/2.050 2/2.500 ··· 12/.500 2/.000 122/89 .257/.361/.543/.904 .523/1.043 .733 87/.845 3/1 7/

1.Iwamura* G/S/vP 9/.889 3/.333 2/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 2/5.000 5/.400 1/2.000 173/118 .258/.320/.335/.655 .595/.683 .717 112/.681 2/1 2/

3.Longoria G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 111/77 .223/.324/.415/.739 .414/.879 .966 99/.658 2/0 4/

30.Navarro# G/S/vP 12/.432 3/1.000 ··· 3/.000 2/2.000 ··· 3/3.333 3/.000 2/1.000 74/53 .362/.397/.449/.847 .849/.895 .824 65/.856 0/2 1/

23.Pena* G/S/vP 14/1.024 3/2.334 2/.500 6/3.033 4/.500 1/.000 ··· 8/.125 3/1.167 155/96 .209/.310/.396/.705 .824/.638 .764 96/.580 0/0 8/

9.Riggans G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 50/29 .222/.280/.378/.658 .571/.718 .448 19/.835 0/0 2/

2.Upton G/S/vP 15/.690 3/1.000 1/.000 5/1.350 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 5/.400 3/.333 155/106 .298/.390/.427/.817 .734/.853 .847 98/.757 7/4 3/

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 52.0 4.2 15.1 18.0 18.1 23.0 6.2 15.0 3.2 TOTAL .258/.328/.395/.723 .692/.737 .741 .709 38/16 38/19

ERA-K/9

3.12/6.2

1.93/0.0

2.93/10.0

3.00/9.0

6.38/3.9

4.70/8.6

0.00/10.7

0.00/7.2

2.45/7.3

4.39/6.3

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Navarro (12-4-0)
Riggans (10-0-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 211/.223 19/.067 60/.185 73/.284 76/.279 100/.256 28/.125 50/.122 15/.267 .263 Upton
Gross
Crawford
Hinske
Gomes 0/36/0/4
2/14/15/3
38/0/0/1
0/0/13/1
1/0/3/0

OPS .575 .330 .532 .836 .744 .663 .458 .263 .533 .714

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 95/.605 9/.476 28/.583 28/1.060 29/1.149 46/.888 11/.697 19/.105 5/1.200 .705

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 116/.550 10/.200 32/.480 45/.707 47/.511 54/.479 17/.310 31/.361 10/.200 .719

Road 85/.547 9/.476 34/.546 39/.900 40/.602 57/.815 14/.220 30/.271 9/.889 .734

Last 28d days 130/.683 19/.330 41/.608 44/.616 44/.592 62/.676 28/.458 32/.286 15/.533

HR/SB/CS 1/5/3 0/0/0 1/2/0 4/5/4 2/1/2 1/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 31/42/16

Usage ·····X·· X······· ··o·o·X· ··X··oo· ···o···· ····X··· o··o···· ··o·o··· X·····o·

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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Game Preview: NYY @ TBR, 7:10pm, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 @Tropicana Field

SP: Chien-Ming Wang (28, RHP, 6-1, 3.12)

SP: Edwin Jackson (24, RHP, 2-3, 4.04)

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